The Cloud Court Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Dear Litigation Friends: It is with regret that I write to inform you that you are a profoundly unreliable witness. You’re an unreliable witness to the depositions you took and you’re an unreliable witness to the depositions you defended. Thankfully, emerging technologies can help. AI tools can help.

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Steno

JUNE 3, 2022

Even with the advent of modern speech-to-text and AI technology, stenography continues to be a trusted tool for court reporting, relied upon by lawyers and judges. Court stenographers play an essential role in a courtroom, including remote hearings, depositions, and virtual trials.

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Steno

JUNE 5, 2024

Every attorney knows that finding the deposition you need can be a pain. This is exactly the type of old-school, manual work that drains your practice, especially if you are involved in complex litigation. Then you have to read through the transcripts. But luckily there is a better way.

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Greg has over 43 years’ experience as a senior executive for public and private corporations in consumer goods, financial services, and litigation support services. He has spent the past 34 years as a senior leader of litigation services and legal technology companies and has particular expertise in building and selling such companies.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In so ruling, the Federal Circuit found that the district court erred in construing the claim term “first reflective layer,” and in requiring that the claimed first reflective layer be composed of a different material than the substrate upon which the layer is deposited.

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The Cloud Court Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

and Elevate Embark on a Strategic Collaboration to Explore the Practical Applications of AI in Litigation, with Elevate Co-founder Kunoor Chopra Bridging the Companies by Also Joining Cloud Court, Inc. June 19, 2024] – In a move that marks a leap forward in legal technology and services, Cloud Court, Inc. Cloud Court, Inc.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

Jackie Schafer: I started out as a litigator at Paul Weiss, but spent most of my career in public service as an assistant attorney general, where I was regularly briefing and arguing cases before the state appellate courts in Alaska and Washington state. It is a much more streamlined process because it is using cutting-edge technology.

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Lawmatics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How is AI Used in Legal Technology? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in legal technology to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance decision-making for attorneys. As AI technology continues to evolve, it will likely play an increasingly important role in reshaping the practice of law.

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The Cloud Court Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

Gibson, our testimony intelligence solution , is an intuitive complement to the litigation process. Mutual clients will enjoy deeper insights into witness testimony, greater continuity throughout the litigation process, and cost savings in large scale matters. Press release

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Having spent two decades of my life litigating and managing litigation, I’ve noticed a few persistent trends. One is this: smaller parties often leverage technology and data to beat their adversaries because it’s the only option. Is money useful in litigation? It doesn’t. But only to a point.

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E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 21, 2024

See Felder Part 2 of 4: Defendant Sanctioned for Late Cancellation of Depositions. In short, the video was overwritten by the routine, good faith operation of an information technology policy. By then, the video had been overwritten. This is the third of a four-part blog on Felder , an employment discrimination case.

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The Cloud Court Blog

JULY 27, 2022

Something we frequently run into as we talk with in-house counsel and outside corporate litigators: they understand that they could do their jobs better if they had better tools, but they are at the mercy of the glacial pace of their team or firm’s decision process and/or budget restraints. Are there ways you can apply a little heat? [i]

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Discovery Advocate

MAY 20, 2020

As courts and litigants adapt to the new normal by instituting social distancing measures through remote hearings and depositions, how we preserve, collect and produce documents should not be an afterthought. Litigation Holds: How Are Your Custodians Communicating and Saving Documents?

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Discovery Advocate

MAY 21, 2020

As courts and litigants adapt to the new normal by instituting social distancing measures through remote hearings and depositions, how we preserve, collect and produce documents should not be an afterthought. Litigation Holds: How Are Your Custodians Communicating and Saving Documents?

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The Cloud Court Blog

JULY 11, 2023

Privacy and security enabled eDiscovery technology and services will play a central role in organizations as they strive to keep their data secure. Robust e-discovery technology, supported by expertise and services, helps organizations respond to litigation, compliance and investigation demands. says Dr. Higgins.

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MyCase

JUNE 5, 2024

Legal AI tools are making it easier for lawyers and legal professionals to streamline processes, automate tasks, and increase efficiency and productivity. According to recent reports, law firms are well on their way to adopting and implementing AI technology. Who uses them: Litigation attorneys (often in larger firms).

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MyCase

JUNE 25, 2024

Also, attorneys can ensure that fee agreements clearly state which services are included and how court fees and litigation expenses are handled. Expert Witness Fees Expert witnesses often charge hourly rates for case reviews, deposition appearances, and testimony. The client is responsible for these fees. billion in 2000 to $117.4

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

In her current role, Katie focuses on leveraging technology like AI to improve the litigation process for lawyers. Kristin explained that DISCO’s vision is to create great legal technology that helps lawyers find evidence faster. Through DISCO Pro Bono, they donate their technology to support pro bono legal matters.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

Similarly, many private clients struggle to overcome hurdles related to limited access to technology or lack of funds. With our clients, we ran up against technology issues. Virtual hearings and depositions inevitably became our path to continued momentum in our cases, so we had to train our clients in how to use it.

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The Cloud Court Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The bad news is that your corporate legal culture might not be suited for adapting to, integrating, and maximizing technology. If you or your litigation team have an initiative to look for ways to improve deposition performance, accelerate resolutions, or achieve better outcomes, contact us and request a custom demo.

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WA Bar News

JULY 10, 2024

3 Emerging non-human “virtual” 4 assistants, by contrast, are presently addressed through the rules governing a lawyer’s duties of competence and confidentiality relevant to technology generally—including technological assistants powered by artificial intelligence. lawyers also have a duty to understand the technology they are using.

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The Cloud Court Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I am obsessed with depositions and, in particular, their importance to the outcome of cases. That obsession extends to deposition data as well as to the psychology of the players involved: the attorneys taking and defending depositions; the witnesses being deposed; as well as the court reporters. Why on earth would we do this?

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The Cloud Court Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Over the years I’ve attended a lot of depositions. When the deposition is over, the people that were in the room often have a sort of inexplicable, Venn-type diagram of disparate recollections about what actually happened. But now, as my team has continued to study depositions, I've come to suspect that something else is at play here.

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The decision reinforces the need for carefully-designed, proactive, and comprehensive information governance and litigation hold procedures. Permitting employees to use a company’s information technology system for personal purposes has long been recognized as fraught with hazards. 19, 2021). [1]

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company provides AI-powered tools to help litigators automate repetitive tasks and work more efficiently. Suh provides background on founding LegalMation about seven years ago to help streamline the “scut work” litigation associates spend time on. Let’s jump into this week’s episode with a couple of great guests from LegalMation.

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Percipient

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When lawyers prepare for litigation, depositions, mediations, or even internal investigations, they conduct a document review to find all the documents related to the project. If the document review is large enough, they may enlist the help of others, like document review attorneys.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As law students, few litigators imagined themselves transitioning into project management roles after passing the bar. Litigators rarely receive formal training in project management, but this does not mean they do not do project management. Still, it is important to take stock of the demand for new legal technologies.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This week we have Damien Riehl , VP, Litigation Workflow and Analytics Content at FastCase, and one of the drivers behind SALI (Standards Advancement for for the Legal Industry.) Damien is the Vice-President of Litigation Workflow and Analytics content and part of the leadership at SALI. And then I litigate the patent.

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The Cloud Court Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you follow Cloud Court, you know we’ve written many times about Testimony Intelligence , our TI solution – Gibson – and how it delivers extraordinary advantages in large volume litigation. eDiscovery tools are indispensable in document-dense litigation matters. Gibson does. Gibson does.

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Lawmatics

AUGUST 8, 2023

The AI Disclaimer The legal profession tends to resist technological advancements, such as generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard, with immediate talk of bans and warnings of ethical violations. Generative AI's application is no longer a technological novelty; it's a strategic game-changer. Similarly, Smith.ai

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a former litigator, Schafer experienced firsthand the frustrating scramble to finalize briefs and prepare filings. Younger associates and paralegals tend to be most enthusiastic about the technology while firm leadership lags. Can you explain more about this technology and its key capabilities? It’s good to have you here.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

In this episode of “The Geek in Review,” hosts Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer engage in a fascinating conversation with legal technology experts ⁠ Pablo Arredondo ⁠ , ⁠ Evan Shenkman ⁠ , and ⁠ Darth Vaughn ⁠. Darth notes, “The legal industry tends to be a bit of a slow adopter of technology. I think it’s because we’re risk-averse.”

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WA Bar News

JUNE 11, 2024

In litigation documents, visuals can focus attention in depositions or simplify data in briefs. As Elizabeth Porter underscored in her work, Taking Images Seriously , technology continues to outpace legal practice. Brainstorming Visual Opportunities Where do visuals belong in legal writing? A grainy, warped image is unhelpful.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

And the second thing is the willingness of courts and practitioners to adopt the obvious, which is to have depositions remotely, and to have all the parties remote. But a month later, there I was doing depositions online, dozens of them, with attorneys who had previously objected to them. That’s all done with technology now.

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